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Aesthetic appeal  Tap consumers' affective reactions by going beyond the cognitive associations of functionality.
Affective component  Feelings or emotional reactions to an object.
Attitude  An enduring organization of motivational, emotional, perceptual, and cognitive processes with respect to some aspect of our environment.
Attribute framing  Where only a single attribute is the focus of the frame.
Behavioral component  One's tendency to respond in a certain manner toward an object or activity.
Benefit segmentation  Segmenting consumers on the basis of their most important attribute or attributes.
Cognitive component  Consists of a consumer's beliefs about an object.
Comparative ads  Directly compare the features or benefits of two or more brands.
Elaboration likelihood model (ELM)  A theory about how attitudes are formed and changed under varying conditions of involvement as described earlier.
Emotional ads  Designed primarily to elicit a positive affective response rather than provide information or arguments.
Fear appeals  The threat of negative (unpleasant) consequences if attitudes or behaviors are not altered.
Goal framing  Where "the message stresses either the positive consequences of performing an act or the negative consequences of not performing the act."
Humorous appeals  Ads built around humor which appear to increase attention to and liking of the ad.
Mere exposure  The idea that simply presenting a brand to an individual on a large number of occasions might make the individual's attitude toward the brand more positive.
Message framing  Presenting one of two equivalent value outcomes either in positive or gain terms (positive framing) or in negative or loss terms (negative framing).
Mutiattribute attitude model  Based on the logic that because all of the components of an attitude are generally consistent, the more favorable the overall attitude is.
One-sided message  Messages where the benefits of a particular product are presented without mentioning any negative characteristics it might possess or any advantages a competitor might have.
Source credibility  Based on two basic dimensions, trustworthiness and expertise, it occurs when the target market views the source of the message as highly credible.
Spokes-characters  Can be animated animals, people, products, or other objects.
Sponsorship  A company providing financial support for an event.
Testimonial ads  A person, generally a typical member of the target market, recounts his or her successful use of the product, service, or idea.
Theory of reasoned action  Holds that behavioral intentions are based on a combination of the attitude toward a specific behavior and the motivation to comply with the normative beliefs.
Two-sided message  Messages that provide good and bad points of a particular product.
Utilitarian appeals  Involve informing the consumer of one or more functional benefits that are important to the target market.
Value-expressive appeals  Attempt to build a personality for the product or create an image of the product user.







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